The 2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final was a soccer match between Seattle Sounders FC and the Chicago Fire played on October 4, 2011 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington. Seattle Sounders FC won by defeating the Chicago Fire 2–0 with goals scored by Fredy Montero and Osvaldo Alonso. The match was the culmination of the 2011 tournament, which was open to amateur and professional soccer teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation. The tournament was the 98th edition of the U.S. Open Cup, the oldest ongoing competition in American soccer. The attendance of 36,615 at the final set a tournament record. Seattle had previously won the 2009 and 2010 tournaments, making them the first team since 1968 to win three consecutive championships (trophies pictured) and the fourth team to do so in the tournament's history. Seattle won a berth in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League and a $100,000 cash prize. Following the final, criticism arose regarding Seattle hosting each round of the tournament they played. In response, changes to the rules for determining hosting rights were announced.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1400:

Owain Glyndŵr was proclaimed Prince of Wales and instigated a revolt against the rule of Henry IV of England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynd%C5%B5r_Rising

1810:

Miguel Hidalgo, the parish priest in Dolores, Guanajuato, delivered the Grito de Dolores to his congregation, instigating the Mexican War of Independence against Spain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grito_de_Dolores

1920:

A bomb in a horse wagon exploded (aftermath pictured) in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City, killing 38 people and injuring 400 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_bombing

1961:

The United States' National Hurricane Research Project sought to weaken Hurricane Esther by seeding it with silver iodide, leading to the establishment of Project Stormfury. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Stormfury

1990:

Construction of the Northern Xinjiang Railway was completed between Ürümqi and Alashankou, linking the railway lines of China and Kazakhstan, and adding a sizable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Land_Bridge

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

munificence: The quality of being munificent; generosity. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/munificence

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Mystery: Time and Tide shall pass, I am the Wisdom Looking- Glass. This is the Ruby none can touch: Many have loved it overmuch; Its fathomless fires flutter and sigh, Being as images of the flame That shall make earth and heaven the same When the fire of the end reddens the sky, And the world consumes like a burning pall, Till where there is nothing, there is all.   --Alfred Noyes https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred_Noyes